OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tanacetum balsamita   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tanacetum balsamita   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Tanacetum balsamita

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Tanacetum balsamita

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Balsamita major

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Chrysanthemum balsamita

 

COMMON NAME:
Mint-geranium, Costmary, Sweetmary


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image of Tanacetum balsamita, Mint-geranium, Costmary, Sweetmary

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_chba6_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tanacetum balsamita   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tanacetum balsamita   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tanacetum balsamita

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Tanacetum balsamita

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Balsamita major

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Chrysanthemum balsamita

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4205

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Mediterranean Europe

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Yellow
Rays: Absent usually (sometimes 12-15 white rays)
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers (if present) pistillate & fertile

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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